Engineering Services

1GPA is a non-profit national governmental purchasing cooperative that enables members nationwide to use existing contracts for procuring goods and services. If you are a vendor looking to offer your products and services to our extensive network of members locally and across the U.S., respond to this solicitation for an opportunity to do so. This allows our members to efficiently and cost-effectively purchase from local and national vendors.

This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) aims to establish a contract with highly qualified contractor(s) that provide engineering services as outlined in this solicitation for 1GPA Cooperative Members as needed.  The initial term of this cooperative contract will be for one (1) year with the potential of four (4) one-year extensions.

Background

1GPA allows public agencies to use existing contracts to purchase the goods and services they need from local and national vendors. Eligible members include school districts, charter schools, universities, colleges, cities, towns, municipalities, counties, states, local governments, the federal government, Native American communities, fire districts, and any other political subdivision.

All of our contracts are approved and awarded by means of 1GPA’s lead governmental agency. A Lead Agency is a well-established and well-respected government entity that facilitates the competitive bidding process by being a part of the process from start to finish. We issue, evaluate, and award our contracts in a collaborative effort. The Lead Agency contributes its expertise pertaining to the solicitation process to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies. The Lead Agency also provides Board/Council Approval for the award of contracts resulting from each solicitation.

Paradise Valley Unified School District is the lead agency for this procurement.

This contract will replace current contract #21-09PV Engineering Services upon its expiration on September 1, 2026.

Project Details

• Reference ID: 27-04PV
• Department: Procurement
• Department Head: Claudia Leon (Director of Procurement)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z

Evaluation Criteria

• Experience and Expertise of the Firm (300 pts) —
  • The overall experience of the firm in completing governmental/educational based projects and history of demonstrated competence successfully completing similar projects described within the Scope of Services section
  • The ability of the firm to complete projects within established budgets and completion schedules
  • The overall management style of the firm in positively influencing both the design and construction phase of a project
  • The number of years the firm has been in operation
• Qualifications and Experience of Personnel (250 pts) —
  • The overall experience and expertise of the assigned individuals
  • The educational background, certification and registration status of assigned individuals
  • The expertise of the individuals and their ability to display a level of competence in performing engineering services for governmental/educational clients
• Method of Approach (200 pts) —
  • The overall method of approach to implementing and executing engineering services
  • The completeness, thoroughness and overall value of the services offered
  • The ability of the firm to invest in resources needed to perform all phases of work
  • The approach to managing questions, clarifications and problems arising in the field
• Organizational Strength (150 pts) —

  Financial condition of the firm shall be reviewed to ensure long term viability

• Responsiveness (100 pts) —

  The ability of the firm to provide all information required at time of RFQ submittal and the quality of the statement of qualifications

Submission Requirements

• STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Solicitation Requirements (required) —

  Confirm your firm's understanding and ability to comply with the solicitation requirements.

• Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) Contact Information (required) —

  Provide the name, title, email address and phone number of the person 1GPA should contact with inquiries related to your firm's SOQ

• Cooperative Purchasing Program (required) —

  Confirm your firm's understanding of the cooperative purchasing program and describe your process for volume tracking.

• Certification of Eligibility (required) —

  Confirm your firm and any principal of the organization is not prohibited, suspended or otherwise declared ineligible to contract or provide any services required hereunder by any federal, state or local public agency.  

• Statement of Qualifications (required) —

  LIMIT 30 PAGES

  Upload a complete Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) without cost or any other pricing information - See RFQ pages 11-13, Item 1.5 for detailed information regarding the contents required.  

• FORMS —

  Download, complete and upload the forms below.

• Offeror's Proposal & Contract Acceptance Form (required)
• 2CFR Section 200 Certification Form (required)
• Confidential Proprietary Submittal Form (required)
• Debarment Certification Form (required)
• Financial Questionnaire (Held Confidential) (required)
• Non- Collusion Affidavit Form (Must be notarized) (required)
• Vendor Certification Disclosure Form (required)
• Vendor Contact Information Form (required)
• IRS W-9 Form (required)
• OTHER —

  The information provided in this section will only be used for Offerors that receive an award/contract.  Responses in this section do not guarantee or place Offeror on an approved list of any kind.

• Company Logo (required) —

  Upload a company logo in either a .jpg or .eps format

• Firm Introduction (required) —

  Provide a 1–2 sentence introduction to your company that is tailored specifically to the products and/or services that will be included under this contract. This introduction will appear on our exclusive Member Portal if awarded and should clearly describe the offerings available through this contract, helping Members quickly identify what is included without confusion about unrelated services.

• Optional Video —

  Offeror may upload a short (two minutes or less) introductory video

• Proposal (without Cost Proposal) (required) —

  Please Upload your COMPLETE Proposal here. Upload fee proposal separately in the next step.

• Separate Cost Proposal (required) —

  Confirm that your fee proposal is not attached in your Proposal and is attached separately here in Excel.

• Contract Execution, Payment Bond, Performance Bond, and Certificate(s) of Insurance (required) —

  The contract shall be executed by the successful bidder and shall be returned, together with the Payment Bond, Performance Bond and Certificate(s) of Insurance to 1GPA so that it is received within 14 working daysafter the bidder has received the contract for execution. Failure to do so shall be just cause for forfeiture of the proposal guaranty.

• 2CFR Section 200 Certification (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• COI Form (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Confidential Proprietary Submittal Form (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Debarment Certification (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Deviations Form (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Financial Disclosure Questionnaire - Long Form (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• MWBE and HUB (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Non Collusion Affidavit (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• W-9 (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Geographical Regions Questionnaire - Products and Services (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Geographical Regions Questionnaire - Locations Served (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Antitrust Certification Statement (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Bid Bond (required) —

  ***BID BOND MAY BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY WITH THE POWER OF ATTORNEY. IF VENDOR IS SUBMITTING A CASHIERS CHECK IN LIEU OF BOND, THEN CONTACT THE BUYER FOR INSTRUCITONS - UPDATE THIS SECTION BEFORE POSTING PROJECT*****Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified cashier’s check, or bid bond, in the amount of XXXXXof the total bid price, payable to1GPA, as a guarantee that the bidder, if its bid is accepted, will promptly execute the Agreement. The bidder shall guarantee the total bid price for a period of 60 days from the date of the bid opening.

  Please scan and upload a copy of your bid bond/cashier's check. Bidder must also MAIL bid guarantee with a postmarked date no later thanWednesday, May 13, 2026 addressed to:

  1GPA
  Rebecca Seifert
  1910 W Washington St
  Phoenix,AZ85009

  Please have the Bidder Name, Contract Title ("Engineering Services"), and Contract Number ("27-04PV") listed clearly on the outside of the envelope.

• Bid Bond (required) —

  Will this solicitation require a bid bond?

• Electronic Pricing Table (required) —

  Would you like to have bidders respond to an electronic pricing table through ProcureNow?

  Choose this if:

  1. This is a quote for a finite set of goods or commodities
  2. This is a public works bid, but you want the bidder to list their total project cost here.
  3. Seeking services for hourly rate schedules
• Separate Fee Proposal Upload (required) —

  If you are NOT using the Electronic Pricing Table option, will you want your bidder to separate a Price Proposal from the rest of their Response? You'll want to do this if you open your bids initially WITHOUT showing price, and then come back in after a technical evaluation to unseal pricing later.

• Evaluation Committee? (required) —

  Will there be an evaluation committee to review the proposals and score them based on weights and multiple criteria?

• Pre-bid meeting (required) —

  Please select the correct option for this bid

• Select the forms that need to be included in this solicitation (required)

Questions & Answers